41 Ss in an eyeblink conditioning experiment underwent 60 trials of continuous reinforcement followed by 90 trials of differential conditioning. For neither of 2 indices of differential responding to the positive and negative stimuli during differential conditioning was there a difference between “voluntary” and “nonvoluntary” Ss. This was true whether the classification of Ss was based on data obtained during continuous reinforcement or during differential conditioning.
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